Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis: A Case-Control Study.

Background With the improvement in noninvasive diagnostic imaging modalities, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP) has evolved into a primarily therapeutic procedure. Besides being efficacious and one of the most commonly done procedures, ERCP is also associated with a high risk of complications. However, there is a lack of studies analyzing the safety and success of ERCP in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Collateral Impact on Patients of Liver Diseases in the Second COVID-19 Wave: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India started in April 2021. This necessitated a change in focus from chronic ailments. This wave lasted till May 2021.

Nutritional Immunity, Zinc Sufficiency, and COVID-19 Mortality in Socially Similar European Populations.

The impact of zinc (Zn) sufficiency/supplementation on COVID-19-associated mortality and incidence (SARS-CoV-2 infections) remains unknown. During an infection, the levels of free Zn are reduced as part of "nutritional immunity" to limit the growth and replication of pathogen and the ensuing inflammatory damage. Considering its key role in immune competency and frequently recorded deficiency in large sections of different populations, Zn has been prescribed for both prophylactic and therapeutic purposes in COVID-19 without any corroborating evidence for its protective role.

The Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes.

According to International Diabetes Federation, the worldwide prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in adults is 318 million and is expected to reach 482 million by 2040. With increasing burden of prediabetes and their expectant progression in diabetes has compounded the problem. Now question is that how we can identify the subjects at high risk to develop prediabetic state and among them who will rapidly progress into diabetes? Once a person diagnosed to be a diabetic then there are only few marker which can depict development of diabetes related complications and also to help in preventing such diabetes related complication progression.

Evaluation of Plasma Homocysteine Levels in Patients of PCOS.

Background: Homocysteinemia in PCOS may impair implantation by interfering with endometrial blood flow and has been documented to increase the adverse pregnancy outcome.

Aims: The objective was to evaluate the relationship between insulin resistance and serum homocysteine in subjects with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Material And Methods: Cross sectional Case Control observational study done in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KGMU Lucknow.

Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as polymyositis: a paraneoplastic syndrome.

Polymyositis as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with hepatocellular carcinoma is quite rare; only a few cases have been reported. We report a case of a 50-year-old female who presented with subacute quadriparesis, neck muscle weakness, elevated creatinine phosphokinase, a myogenic pattern on the EMG and was diagnosed as having polymyositis, a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with hepatocellular carcinoma with negative hepatic viral markers and a positive ANA. Improvement in patient symptoms and areduction in creatinine phosphokinase, which occurred after lobectomy, supports this rare association.